Shoe



y 1933. K. GROSZ 1,908,602

SHOE

Filed Aug. 5, 1952 INVf/VTOf? A.- GAOQ z Patented May 9, 1933 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE KARL GBOSZ, 0F BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, ASSIGNOR 0FONE-HALF T0 'MONDSCHEIN & SPEIER AND ALEXANDER SALAMIONOVICS, OF VIENNA,AUSTRIA SHOE ' Application filed August 5, 1932, Serial No.

The invention is directed to an improvement in shoes of a particulartype, i. e. a shoe involving a sole having a relatively rigid,upstanding side wall, to which an upper of preferred form or type is tobe secured to complete the shoe. This type of shoe is pr1- marilydesigned for beach shoes and walking shoes, and owing to the relativelyrigid, thick character of the upstanding side wall of the sole, it isnecessary to secure the upper to the sole by a relatively thick thread.

Heretofore, in shoes of this type, the securing of the upper in placehas been such as to expose the seamed portion to more or less contactwith the foot within the shoe, thus rendering the continued use of theshoe unpleasant and inconvenient.

The primary object of the invention is, first the provision of a shoeinvolving a sole of this type in which the upper or free edge of theupstanding side wall is turned outwardly for a sufiicient distance toprovide a base extending wholly beyond the interior of the shoe and onwhich the upper may be secured.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a shoe of thistype in which the upper is secured to this base portion of the solethrough the use of an independent strip, the upper having its edge bentoutwardly and the strip being interposed between such outwardly bentedge and the base at the upper edge of the side wall of the sole,whereby the seam uniting the upper, strip and sole is of necessityentirely beyond possibility of contact with the foot, and hence anyliability of inconvenience from-this source is entirely avoided.

As a further object, the provision of the strip and of the base portionat the upper end of the side wall of the sole lend themselves to anarrangement which not only tends to effectively conceal the seam unitingthe parts, but produces a highly ornamental. and pleasing finish to thejunction between the upper and sole. This result is attained by rollingthe strip and the edge portion of the base to which the upper and stripis directlyunited in opposite directions. The strip presents an upwardroll with respect to the 627,642, and in Hungary February 4, m2.

juplcture and the-base presents a downward r0 v The invention in theseveral forms embodying some or all of the detail features isillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is atransverse section through a shoe embodying details of construction inaccordance with the present invention.

Figure 2is a side elevation of the completed sole showing particularlythe finish and appearance of the edge at the juncture of the upper andsole.

Figures 3 to 8 are broken transverse sections of modified arrangementsof the connection between the upper and sole within the purview of thepresent invention.

In the form shown more particularly in Figures 1 and 2, the sole'l is ofthe relatively rigid molded type having upstanding side walls 2 whichare substantially rigid with the sole part proper and which present aportion of appreciable height above the sole part proper. Thisparticular type of sole, as so far described, is known in fewconstructions, and the present invention is not particularly concernedwith any method or means of producing a'sole having a relatively rigid,upstanding side wall.

An essential step of the present invention, however, is the provision atthe free upper edge of the upstanding side wall of such a sole of anoutwardly bent or laterally deflected portion forming what will behereinafter. termed a base 21which, as will be apparent from Figure 1,is projected wholly outwardly from and beyond the foot-engaging portionof the sole or side wall and which forms an integral part of the soleand an essential and important part of the present invention.

The upper 3, which may be of any conventional form or type, has its freeedge 4 outturned so as to present a portion to overlie the base 21 ofthe sole. A strip 6, another essential and important feature of theinvention, underlies the outturned edge. 4 of the upper 3, this strip inthe form being described extending outwardly beyond the edge tion of thestrip 6 is turned down into contact with the inner surface of theupstanding wall of the sole, and the conventional lining 5 of the upperhas its free ed e extending down to overlie that'portion the strip 6which extends inwardly of the sole and these parts are united bystitching 7 to each other.

As the lining of the upper and the strip 6 is of relatively thinmaterial, the threads of lo the stitching 7 may be of like thincharacter so that there will be no undue projection of the connection atthis point and no serious projection of the stitching which might tendto make unpleasant contact with even the tenderest foot.

The strip 6 underlies the outturned edge 4 of the upper 3 and in appliedposition overlies the base 21 of the shoe sole. These parts are thenconnected by stitching 8 which passes through the outturned edge 4 ofthe upper 3 the lmmediately underlying portion of the strip 6 and thebase 21, passing through the latter about centrally of its width. Ofcourse, the strip 6, intermediate the stitchings 7 and 8, fits snuglyagainst the inner surface of the upstanding wall of the sole and thelining 5 overlies this ortion of the strip. The seam or stitching 8 1sthus wholly beyond ossibility of contact with the foot within t e shoe,and this is highly important and desirable because, owing to thethickness of the sole, the thread for the stitching 8 must necesarily beof coarse, heavy material which, if permitted contact with the foot,would tend unpleasantly to contact and rub the same. i

The upper and sole are thus united at a point wholly beyond possibilityof contact with the foot within the shoe, and there is presented in thisconnection an outwardly extended portion of the strip 6 and an outwardlyextended portion of the base 21 beyond the stitching 8. In order thatthis stitching 8 may be effectively concealed and the juncture betweenthe sole and upper given a highly ornamental and extremely pleasingefiect, the outwardly extended portion of the strip 6 is upwardlyrolled, as at 10, the rolled portion extending over andenclosing theoutwardly extended portion 4 of the upper 3 and thus overlying andconcealing the upper edge of the stitching 8. The outwardly extendedportion of the base 21 of the sole is given a downward roll, as at 9,thus efiectively concealing the lower portion of the stitching 8.

These rolls and 9 extend in opposite directions and, as the connectionbetween the upper, strip and sole by the stitching 8 maintains theseparts in close contact within the area of the stitching, the respectiverolls 9 and 10 appear to merge substantially from a single line ofdivision line of division in opposite directions so that the resultantjuncture has the appearance of and project from that a double rollededge which .presents a materially improved finish to thejuncture and ahighly ornamental appearance to the shoe as a whole.

In the second embodiment (Fig. 3) a leather strip 11 is sewn on to theedge of the up er leather un erneath and again sewn to the upper. Theupper leather 3, thus enclosed in the form of a ridge, is next connectedwith the outwardly bent edge 9 of the upwardly bent portion 2 of thesole 1, by means of stiching 12. A cut is provided, in the bend of theedge of the sole, to accommodate and conceal t e stitching 12.

In the third embodiment (Fig. 4) the edge of the upper leather 3 is sewnon to the out wardly bent edge 9 of the sole 1, and is then covered witha strip 13, of leather or the like, and all three parts are united bymeans of stitching. If desired, the covering strip may be omitted.

In the fourth embodiment (Fig. 5) the marginal surfaces of the outwardlybent edge 9 of the sole, and of the upper leather 3, are covered by aleather strip 14 and sewn together, thus forming an'ornamental ridge allaround the shoe at the juncture of the upper and sole. A similararrangement is shown in Fig. 6, in which, however, the leather strip 16is secured towards the inside, before covering the upper leather 3, andis then turned over and down round the marginal surfaces of the edge 9of the sole and the edge of the upper leather 3, and united to both bystitching.

The embodiment the edge 17 of the edge 9 of the sole, under.

Fig. 8 represents an embodiment with a strip 19 having a curl 18 which,as in the third embodiment (Fig. 4) covers the superimposed edges of thesole and upper leather and is united therewith by stitching. The curl 18of said strip may also be disposed on the outside, and the flat portion19 of the strip inserted between the upper leather and a lining.

claim I 1. A shoe havin a sole with an upturned, relatively rigid si ewall, the upper free end of the side wall being projected outwardly, anupper, a strip between said upper and said outwardly projecting portionof the side wall, stitching securing said upper, said strip, and saidoutwardly projecting portion of the side wall together, ner edge of saidstrip, strip presenting an upward roll said stitching from above.

2. A shoe including a sole and an upper, the margin of the sole being inthe form of an upstanding, relatively rigid wall, the upper free edge ofthe wall projecting outwardly, the edge of said upper projectingoutwardly,

upper leather sewn to the after having been doubled to conceal 3 and isthen turned roundand a lining secured to the inthe outer edge of said 1according to Fig. 7 shows a strip arranged intermediate the upper andoutturned edge of the side wall of the sole, stitching. uniting theoutturned edge of the upper, the outturned edge of the side wall of thesole, and the intermediate strip, and a lining stitched to the edge ofsaid strip, the outer edge of said strip presenting an upward roll, theouter edge of said outturned portion of the side wall of the solepresenting a downward roll.

., 3. In a shoe having a sole, the-margin of which extends upwardly, thefree edge of said margin extending laterally, an upper attached to saidlateral extension, an intermediate strip secured to said lateralextension, and a lining secured to the inner edge of said strip.

4. That method of making a shoe comprising forming a rigid sole withvertical, upstanding side walls, with edges of the latter turnedoutwardly, placing the ends of an upper and a finishing strip over theoutturned edge of the sole, stitching the upper and strip to the rigidoutturned edge of the sole, the outer marginal edge of the strip beingrolled to conceal the stitches.

5. A method of uniting an upper and sole and finishing the united edgein a. shoe of the type involving a sole having a rigid upstanding sidewall consisting in turning the free to conceal the seam and provide afinished appearance for the edge of the shoe.

7 A shoe having a sole member with a relatively rigid, upstanding sidewall, the free edge of the side wall being outturned, a shoe topincluding an upper and a lining, a strip secured to at least one of saidparts and rolled over the free edge of the other of such parts andarranged between the shoetop edges and the outturned edge of the sole,

and stitching uniting the strip, at least one KARL GRO SZ.

edge of the upstanding side wall outwardly to form a relatively broadbase, projecting the free edge of the upper outwardly, arranging a stripbetween the outstanding edge of the upper and the outstanding edge ofthe sole, uniting the upturned edge of the upper, the interposed stripand the sole by a seam passing through the parts at substantiallymidwidth of the outstanding edge of the sole, rolling the free edge ofthe strip in a direction away from the sole, and thereafter rolling thefree edge of the outstanding portion of the sole in a direction awayfrom the roll of the strip, the rolls of the upper and sole serving tosubstantially conceal the seam uniting the strip, upper and sole.

6. A method of uniting a sole and upper of a shoe to conceal the unitingmeans wholly beyond the interior of the shoe, consisting in providingthe sole with a relatively rigid,

vupstanding, side wall, with the free upper edge turned outwardly toprovide a relatively broad base, turning the free edge of the upperoutwardly to overlie the base and interposing a strip between theoutturned edge of the upper and the base, uniting the 11 per, strip andsole by a seam passing throng the upper, strip and base at the upperedge of the side wall of the sole, the seam passing a proximatelythrough the midwidth of the ase at the upper edge of the side wall ofthe sole, the strip outwardly beyond the line of stitching and the baseat the upper edge of the side wall of the sole outwardly beyond the lineof stitching being rolled in opposite directions

